Trucker dies in rollover

A 27-year-old Wellington man was killed early Monday in a single-vehicle rollover in southeast Hemphill County.

The Department of Public Safety said Richard Valdez was driving a tractor-trailer eastbound on Farm-to-Market Road 2124 about one mile east of Farm-to-Market Road 277 about 6:10 a.m. when he drove off the north side of the road. Valdez overcorrected when the vehicle went into the ditch, the DPS said.

The tractor-trailer rolled, ejecting Valdez, who died about an hour later, troopers said. Investigators said conditions were dry but foggy. Valdez was not wearing a seat belt, the DPS said.